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I knocked on the door and Mrs Woolgar opened it and stood there in a white sort of blouse and burgundy skirt. She smiled: hello Benny has Henry gone to football? She asked. Yes he said he was, I replied. Good come in, she said. So I went past her at the door and she closed the door behind us. I smelt the perfume she had drowned herself in and stood by the lounge door: shall I go in? I said. Do you want to go in? She said softly. I stood unsure what to say: I haven't brought my swimwear for swimming, I said. O never mind you can come another time to swim, she said, go in we can talk. So I entered the lounge and sat on the big sofa and she entered the room and said: would you like a drink? Have you cola? I asked. Sure have, she said, and went to a drink cabinet and took out a cola and poured it in a glass and handed it to me. She poured herself a gin and ice and sat next to me. I sipped the cola and she sipped her gin. How was school? She said. It was good, I said. How did Henry get on? She asked. He did all right, I said. She leaned in close to me so I could drink in the perfume which made me feel sort of unwell. I sipped my cola; I could see her ***** peeking over the top of her white blouse. I tried not to look, but my eyes disobeyed and gawked. I looked at her burgundy skirt; it was soft and her knees kind of stuck out where the hem was. I sipped my cola and drowned seeing Henry wasn't around.
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Jan 7, 2017
Jan 7, 2017 at 4:59 AM UTC
KIND OF DROWNED.
I knocked on the door and Mrs Woolgar opened it and stood there in a white sort of blouse and burgundy skirt. She smiled: hello Benny has Henry gone to football? She asked. Yes he said he was, I replied. Good come in, she said. So I went past her at the door and she closed the door behind us. I smelt the perfume she had drowned herself in and stood by the lounge door: shall I go in? I said. Do you want to go in? She said softly. I stood unsure what to say: I haven't brought my swimwear for swimming, I said. O never mind you can come another time to swim, she said, go in we can talk. So I entered the lounge and sat on the big sofa and she entered the room and said: would you like a drink? Have you cola? I asked. Sure have, she said, and went to a drink cabinet and took out a cola and poured it in a glass and handed it to me. She poured herself a gin and ice and sat next to me. I sipped the cola and she sipped her gin. How was school? She said. It was good, I said. How did Henry get on? She asked. He did all right, I said. She leaned in close to me so I could drink in the perfume which made me feel sort of unwell. I sipped my cola; I could see her ***** peeking over the top of her white blouse. I tried not to look, but my eyes disobeyed and gawked. I looked at her burgundy skirt; it was soft and her knees kind of stuck out where the hem was. I sipped my cola and drowned seeing Henry wasn't around.
A SCHOOL BOY VISITS HIS FRIEND'S MOTHER. IN THE 1960S
TerryCollett
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Jan 7, 2017
Jan 7, 2017 at 4:59 AM UTC
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